Another co-founder, Julie Kay, who is also executive director, said in a statement after the Texas order: “Despite ongoing attempts by anti-abortion state officials to restrict access to abortion care, particularly medication abortion, we want to be clear: medication abortion remains safe, legal, and available via telemedicine.”.
A New York doctor's alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State's shield law against the two conservative states' abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country.
Meanwhile, Texas State District Judge Bryan Gantt ordered Carpenter to pay a $100,000 penalty as well as attorneys fees for allegedly breaking a Texas law by prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine.
Although most Republican-controlled states began enforcing bans or tighter restrictions on abortion after Roe fell, most Democratic states have adopted laws that aim to protect their residents from investigation or prosecution under other states’ abortion laws.
Texas didn't bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor.
